Contract law worksheet with answers

In English law, a promise made in a deed is enforceable even without:

1. AConsideration
2. BDelivery of the deed
3. CWriting
4. DA signature

According to Derry v Peek, a misrepresentation is fraudulent if the maker:

1. AMade it carelessly and without checking the facts, though honestly believing it
2. BMade a profit from the contract that followed
3. CMade it in a written document
4. DKnew it was false, did not believe it, or was reckless whether it was true

A shop displays a jacket with a price tag in its window. In English law this is usually:

1. AAn acceptance
2. BAn invitation to treat
3. CA unilateral contract
4. DA binding offer to sell at that price

A decorator finishes the work but with minor defects that are cheap to fix. Under Hoenig v Isaacs, the decorator is entitled to:

1. AThe price less the cost of putting the defects right
2. BNothing, because performance was not exact
3. COnly payment for the materials used
4. DThe full price with no deduction

Frustration of contract occurs when:

1. AOne party regrets the bargain
2. BAn unforeseen event makes performance impossible or radically different
3. CPerformance becomes more expensive or more difficult than either party expected
4. DThe contract was badly drafted

Under UCTA 1977, a business-to-business clause excluding liability for property damage caused by negligence is valid:

1. AOnly if signed by a company director
2. BOnly if it satisfies the requirement of reasonableness
3. CAlways, because businesses can bargain freely
4. DNever, in any circumstances

A van is bought "on hire-purchase terms" with no further detail, and such terms varied widely in practice. In Scammell v Ouston, the House of Lords held:

1. AThere was a contract on the standard hire-purchase terms of the market
2. BThe seller's usual terms applied
3. CThere was a contract at a reasonable price
4. DThere was no contract, because the terms were too vague

A posts an offer. A week later A posts a revocation. B receives the offer and immediately accepts by telegram, and only later receives the revocation. Applying Byrne v Van Tienhoven:

1. AA contract was made when B accepted, because the revocation had not yet arrived
2. BA contract was made only when B received the revocation
3. CThere was no contract, because the revocation was posted before B's acceptance was sent
4. DThere was no contract, because offers by post can be revoked at any time